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Date:      Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:08:00 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Bryan" <bc3910@pcisys.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Serial Communication 
Message-ID:  <000801c697c9$e4bd9c10$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
References:  <449D982B.4090707@pcisys.net>

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stty  speed 2400 -hup cs8 -parenb -clocal  -f /dev/ttyd0
cat dload.txt > /dev/ttyd0

also the scanner must assert DTR when it's turned on.

Ted

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan" <bc3910@pcisys.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: Serial Communication


> I have an old TCL/TK Script That I wrote several years ago that sends
> data out of a serial port into a Radio Shack Pro-64 scanner. The program
> basically programs the scanner with frequencies to listen to.
>
> I cant figure out how to make it work in FreeBSD. The port must be
> configured as follows
>
> COM1: 2400, 8, N, 1
>
> The actual snippet of code that writes out to the port looks like this:
>
> cat dload.txt > /dev/prd64
>
> where /dev/pro64 was a device (com port configured as above)I had
> created (somehow) for the linux box I had at the time.
>
> The handbook reading did not provide enough detail for me to get the
> port configured and working. The port does not need anything to be
> recognized coming in since the operation is outbound only. Software or
> scanner cannot read the port anyway.
>
> Can anyone give me a primer or some help to get going?
>
> Thank You.
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